Rouse, Bernard John, Private, 2354, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Previously served with 2n Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Disembarked for service 23rd May 1915
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Manchester, Lancashire
Resided Matlock
Killed in action 21st March 1918 aged 22
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial

Note: His entry for the British War Medal and Victory Medal on the First World War Medal Roll shows his prime unit as "Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) but only mentions service with the Manchester Regiment

1911 Census
A grocer's apprentice
Son of Annie Rouse, of Smedley Street West, Matlock, Derbyshire

Matlock
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Matlock, St. Giles' Church
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Matlock Bank
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